After showing well in last year’s playoff series against the Chicago Bulls, expectations were high for the Indiana Pacers entering the 2012 NBA Season. Especially after trading for George Hill and signing All Star David West in the off-season. Basketball prognosticators predicted a repeat playoff appearance for the [...]
Read More →One half of the men’s Australian Open Final is set. Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in four sets 6-7, 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-4. It was another great match between these two great rivals. It was the first time since the 2005 French Open that Federer and Nadal played in the semifinals. Nadal holds [...]
Read More →The NHL All Star Weekend is approaching quickly, and players are dropping out. They are being replaced on the fly. Two of the more deserving players that are going as replacements are Scott Hartnell of the Philadelphia Flyers and James Neal of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
I’d like to write about my favorite sports team- the North Carolina men’s basketball team. This is one underachieving group if I ever saw one. The entire starting lineup returns from a surprise first place 2011 ACC finish, with all five members being former McDonald’s All-Americans. I never doubted former Maryland [...]
Read More →The action on the field may not be very competitive, but that won’t dampen the anticipation when the Boston Red Sox make a trip to Wrigley Field to take on the Chicago Cubs in mid-June. The Cubs, of course, are now run by the man [...]
Read More →The National Hockey League announced the captains for the all star game. Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators and Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins were named the captains of this year’s game. Many fans thought the NHL would name Dion Phaneuf as one of the captains of the All [...]
Read More →The outcome of Sunday’s AFC Conference Championship Game hung in the balance most of the afternoon, but in the end the New England Patriots came out on top, beating the Baltimore Ravens 23-20, and securing a spot in Super Bowl 46. The Patriots are back in the big game for the first [...]
Read More →In a rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl, the New England Patriots and New York Giants will be again be meeting to decide who will win the Lombardi Trophy and be crowned King of the NFL for a year. Super Bowl XLVI, or Super Bowl 46 for those who hate Roman numerals, [...]
Read More →Should NHL Players Wear Helmets in Warmups?
The National Hockey League has a potential problem creeping into the game. Some players still do not wear their helmets in warm-ups. An incident occurred Tuesday night in Columbus. Taylor Hall, the number one draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers [...]
Read More →We’re now less than three weeks away from the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl, and there are but four teams remaining with a chance to compete in the biggest game of the year: the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, and New York Giants. Those four [...]
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